When pressed by White House reporters to explain what he thought caused the recent deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a commercial airline, President Donald Trump blamed the ...

In my youth, I came to understand the term "common sense" as implying that though you may not have extensive knowledge about a topic or even extensive skill in reasoning, you likely have enough of ...

A group of New York University psychologists are taking strides toward making artificial intelligence smarter, by testing whether these algorithms can learn common sense. For now, the smallest among ...

President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP) It would be ...

“Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know,” the 18th-century British writer Lord Chesterfield advised his son. But common sense doesn’t stay that way. While it appears ...

If you hear a politician or salesperson or, for that matter, opinion columnist invoke common sense, beware. When people say a particular view on immigration, foreign policy, abortion or climate is ...

Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky hit the party over what she said is a lack of “common sense” and an inability to “speak to people like they’re normal” just days after Vice President Harris’s loss ...

Two summers ago, two teenage boys died while cliff diving into Lake Superior. At Black Beach, near Silver Bay, they apparently misjudged the dangerous waves and the shock of the frigid water. People ...

Our Commonwealth and indeed our country are suffering from a lack of common sense. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thomas Paine released his 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense.” It was a ...